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Download or read book Qualitative Procedures for Identifying Particles in Drinking Water written by Stephen Booth and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So that engineers can respond to consumer complaints about particulate matter in drinking water, this manual provides a series of decision trees for selecting an analysis process, and describes wet chemical methods for making qualitative identifications of aluminum, copper, iron, lead, manganese, and zinc contaminants along with advanced methods for confirming results. Preparation of reagents required for each wet chemical method and procedural instructions are listed on the left-hand page, while color images are reproduced on the right. Case studies of particle samples collected from utilities and a literature review are provided, but no index. Spiral binding. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).